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Article • January 15, 2012 • from PLN January, 2012
Review: Directory of Inmate Shopping Services E-Commerce by Michael Brodheim by Mike Brodheim DiSSE, short for Directory of Inmate Shopping Services E-Commerce, promotes itself as “America’s largest inmate shopping guide.” Edited by George Kayer, currently on death row in Arizona, DiSSE is a compilation of companies, organizations and individuals who …
Anatomy of False Confessions, Redux by Earlier this year PLN reported on the phenomenon of suspects who falsely confess to crimes they did not commit. [See: PLN, April 2011, p.18]. As false confessions occur in wrongful conviction cases with disturbing regularity, this article revisits and expounds on this important topic …
Article • September 15, 2011 • from PLN September, 2011
An American Radical: Political Prisoner in My Own Country, by Susan Rosenberg (Kensington Publishing Corp. 2011), 400 pages, $14.95 paperback by Book review by Bruce Reilly Susan Rosenberg was raised on the 1950s anti-segregation movement, became an activist within the 1960s anti-war movement, and believed in armed resistance throughout the …
Article • July 15, 2011 • from PLN July, 2011
Queer (In)justice: The Criminalization of LGBT People in the United States, by Joey L. Mogul, Andrea J. Ritchie and Kay Whitlock (Beacon Press, Feb. 2011), 216 pages, $27.95 by Daniel R. Schaffer Reviewed by Daniel R. Schaffer Queer (In)justice (QI) is a useful and necessary tool for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, …
Article • May 15, 2011 • from PLN May, 2011
Select Legal Topics, by Andrew J. Schatkin, 
University Press of America, 625 pp (Sept. 2009), $69.95 by Matthew Clarke Select Legal Topics, by Andrew J. Schatkin, 
University Press of America, 625 pp (Sept. 2009), $69.95 Book Review by Matt Clarke The overwhelming characteristic of Select Legal Topics: Civil, Criminal, Federal, …
Article • May 15, 2011 • from PLN May, 2011
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Texas Tough: The Rise of America’s Prison Empire, by Robert Perkinson, Metropolitan Books/Holt, 484 pp (October 2010), $20.00 paperback by Lance Tapley Book Review by Lance Tapley Why did middle-class liberals, historically in the forefront of compassionate social reform, allow, with nary a peep, the construction of our prison colossus? …
Article • February 15, 2011 • from PLN February, 2011
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Floodlines: Community and Resistance from Katrina to the Jena Six, by Jordan Flaherty, Haymarket Books, 2010; $16.00, 292 pages by Lewis Wallace Review by Lewis Wallace Parts of the story are familiar. In late August 2005, Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast. Floodwaters broke the levees in New Orleans and …
Article • February 15, 2011 • from PLN February, 2011
The Habeas Citebook: lneffective Assistance of Counsel, by Brandon Sample, Prison Legal News Publishing, 2010, pp.212 $49.95 by Mumia Abu-Jamal Reviewed by Mumia Abu Jamal Law books aren’t easy to review. That’s because they are unlike other books, as they are really collections of what others—courts—have written, and are thus …
Article • October 15, 2010 • from PLN October, 2010
Governing Through Crime: How the War on Crime Transformed American Democracy and Created a Culture of Fear, by Jonathan Simon (Oxford University Press 2007), 344 pages by Ian Head Review by Ian Head This past spring, a 12-year-old student in Queens, New York was arrested, handcuffed and taken to a …
Article • October 15, 2010 • from PLN October, 2010
Prisoners’ Self-Help Litigation Manual, 4th Edition, by John Boston and Daniel Manville, Oxford University Press, 960 Pages, $39.95 by Paul Wright Reviewed by Paul Wright The Prisoners’ Self-Help Litigation Manual (PSHLM) by Dan Manville first appeared in 1983. It was designed to give prisoners an overview of the legal system, …
Article • September 15, 2010 • from PLN September, 2010
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness, by Michelle Alexander (N.Y., The New Press, 2010). 290 pages. by Mumia Abu-Jamal Book Review by Mumia Abu-Jamal The New Jim Crow offers an unflinching look at the US addiction to imprisonment and comes up with a startling diagnosis: …
Article • August 15, 2010 • from PLN August, 2010
“Back to School” is a Guide to Success Following Release from Prison by Gary Hunter Even the most diligent planning does not ensure success. However, it is a proven fact that education significantly enhances one’s chances to succeed. Back to School: A Guide to Continuing Your Education After Prison (the …
Article • June 15, 2010 • from PLN June, 2010
Book Review: Anne-Marie Cusac, Cruel and Unusual: The Culture of Punishment in America, 336 pp, Yale University Press, $27.50 by Amy Vanderwarker Anne-Marie Cusac is probing important questions in her book, Cruel and Unusual: The Culture of Punishment in America. What are the underlying social values that have allowed a …
Article • April 15, 2010 • from PLN April, 2010
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The Real Cost of Prisons Comix, by Lois Ahrens, PM Press, 90 pages by Gary Hunter Reviewed by Gary Hunter Three stories, 90 pages, and infinite information about how rampant prison construction is destroying America. That’s what The Real Cost of Prisons Comix brings to the table. The impact of …
Article • April 15, 2010 • from PLN April, 2010
Kinship Care More Beneficial Than State Foster Care for Children of Incarcerated Parents by Jimmy Franks Published in May 2009, Kinship care when parents are incarcerated: What we know, what we can do, is an in-depth examination of current statistical and practical information regarding the plight of children with one …
In Support of Ending Prosecutorial Misconduct by Jimmy Franks The Justice Project recently published its policy review concerning prosecutorial accountability in our nation’s criminal justice system. Entitled, Improving Prosecutorial Accountability, the report was prepared by the president of The Justice Project, John F. Terzano, Esq., along with Executive Director Joyce …
Article • March 15, 2010 • from PLN March, 2010
Shrinking Budgets Force States to Cut Corrections Spending by Bob Williams In a July 2009 report funded by the Public Safety Performance Project of the Pew Center on the States, author Christine S. Scott-Hayward examines how shrinking budgets are impacting state corrections policies and practices. The story is in the …
Education for Persons in Detention—A Human Right by Jimmy Franks The positive correlation between increased education and lowered recidivism rates is a long-established fact. Even so, governments worldwide are not always willing or even able to insure that the men, women and children housed in various detention facilities are given …
Article • January 15, 2010 • from PLN January, 2010
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Starting Out: The Complete Reentry Book, by William Foster and Carl Horn, 446 pp, $22.95 by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke Ideally, our schools and parents teach us all of the things we need to know to function as healthy and productive adults. Obviously, this is not always the case. …
Article • November 15, 2009 • from PLN November, 2009
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American Methods: Torture and the Logic of Domination, by Kristian Williams, South End Press, 279 pages by David Preston Reviewed by David Preston 1979. How well I remember it. My freshman year at college. In an effort to expand my consciousness and do good in the world, I joined a …
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